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Station house   /stˈeɪʃən haʊs/   Listen
Station house

noun
1.
A station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought.  Synonyms: police headquarters, police station.






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"Station house" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Arthur Warren now came up, and Jack quickly told them what he expected and asked them to follow Blaisdell and assist him if necessary, both the boys slipping away without being noticed by the party of men collected at the little station house and now talking among themselves and paying ...
— The Hilltop Boys on the River • Cyril Burleigh

... the corner of Thirtieth Street on their way to the station house. Poor Joshua felt keenly the humiliation and disgrace of his position. It would be in all the papers, he had no doubt, for all such items got into the home papers, and he would not dare show his face in ...
— The Erie Train Boy • Horatio Alger

... the bags in the shelter of the station house, doffed his cap to the imperious backs of his late passengers, and scuttled back to the car. A moment later the ...
— A Fool and His Money • George Barr McCutcheon

... last a suspicious looking man was arrested by the police, and taken to the One Hundred and Fourth Precinct Station House, on several charges of disorderly acts perpetrated by him in various parts of the city. He gave his name as CHARLES A. DANA, and was locked up ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 • Various

... harm will be a night at the station house, should he happen to get into a drunken brawl on his way home," my ...
— The Son of My Friend - New Temperance Tales No. 1 • T. S. Arthur

... when Herbert Randolph and Bob Hunter reached their room. The old fence had meanwhile been taken to the station house by an officer. Both boys were sleepy and well nigh exhausted, so ...
— The Boy Broker - Among the Kings of Wall Street • Frank A. Munsey



Words linked to "Station house" :   police station, squad room, station



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